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Fans Lose It As Halsey Teases 5th Studio Album With Cryptic Photo Dump

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By Fiyin Olowokandi on September 17, 2023 at 1:00 PM EDT
Updated on September 18, 2023 at 8:44 AM EDT

Fans of the iconic Halsey have a super exciting treat to look forward to as she hints at the release of a new studio album.

In the span of the Billboard Music Awards winner's decade-long career, she has released four albums, including her debut record "Badlands" in 2015, "Hopeless Fountain Kingdom" (2017), "Manic" (2020), and "If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power" (2021).

The supposedly upcoming release will mark her fifth album, which she teased using a mysterious social media post, unsurprisingly causing her millions of followers to go bonkers.

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Halsey Promises 'A Handful Of Perfect Joys' While Teasing 5th Studio Album On Instagram

Halsey may be getting ready to heal the world with new music, as implied in her latest Instagram post, featuring a carousel of random photos attached to a puzzling note. 

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"not pictured: me splitting myself in two everyday so that I can give you my deepest wounds (and a handful of perfect joys) for the 5th time in 10 years," she wrote.

As for the images, the first showed her standing in front of an artwork, looking captivating in a tiny off-the-shoulder blouse and a patterned loose skirt with straps crisscrossing her waist. It was followed by a picture of a spider in a web and a video of some young men hanging around a store's rooftop. 

Another slide showed a band's stage performance, and in the next snap, Halsey was filmed reclining on a couch and reciting the intro of the "Avatar" cartoon playing on her TV.

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The carousel then concluded with an image of a Lego stack put together to form a home with a vegetable garden. Fans were all over the update in no time, dropping numerous likes and overjoyed remarks of anticipation in the comments section.

"H5 INCOMING I CAN FEEL IT," a commenter raved, referring to the 5th upcoming record, and another added, "and would save me for the 5th time."

A third comment followed, "h5 is going to be such a deep hurt and deep beauty. thank you for showing us yourself and your hurts and biggest loves. ?.” Similarly, a fourth supporter declared, "NEW MUSIC I JUST FELL TO MY KNEES," and a fifth wrote, "I appreciate your guts. All 5 albums of them."

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One more follower enthused, "NUMBER 5!!!!!!!" while another voiced their intention to count down the days till the release. An ensuing comment read, "Can't wait to hear your new magic album?????" before a fellow user gushed, "And for the fifth time, I will be grateful & split my heart open to absorb it all. Love u."

Subsequently, an admirer shared, "So grateful everyday that you are always doing everything you can all the time for us! Cannot wait to listen & relate to your amazing art once again! Much love & support always! ?✨.”

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Halsey's forthcoming record will be her first album under Columbia Records — the record label she signed with months ago following her exit from Capitol Records. It should be noted that Columbia Records was responsible for one of the "Gasoline" songstress' two most successful hits of her career, "Closer," featuring The Chainsmokers. 

Her other major hit, "Without Me," was created under Capitol Records, becoming the label's "hottest acts." However, their relationship went sideways years later, prompting Halsey to cut ties. At the time of the split, she claimed that the company discouraged her from making an album, but upon asking her social media fans if they wanted one, she received their unwavering support.

The 2021 Songwriter Of The Year's Performance In Her Home State Brought Her To Tears 

Back in June, Halsey returned to her home state, New Jersey, to bless her devotees with a beautiful performance.

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One of the uploaded pictures showed her singing on stage, in the packed auditorium, rocking an old-fashioned outfit, while in another snap, she was captured crying and trying to wipe it with a cloth. 

Taking to the caption, the 28-year-old music star admitted that she got really emotional during her show the previous night as she "wept like a baby" and "full on ugly cried."

She also penned, "Music is magic. Night 1 of the Orchestra summer shows is complete, and I'll never be the same again. Thank you. Again tonight @njpac – Photos by @yasi, of course." 

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